Despite reaching a value exceeding €8 billion in 2023, the TV market in Italy faces a future clouded by uncertainty due to inflation and signs of crisis within the streaming industry. This prediction comes from Rome-based ITmedia Consulting in its report The Television Market in Italy: 2023-2025. While the TV market technically grew by 1.5 […]
EE is rolling out its revamped TV offering, replacing BT TV, which delivers live and on-demand services streamed to a choice of set-top boxes that includes a customised Apple TV. EE has also partnered with Apple to produce an EE TV app with live streaming and on-demand content, along with the custom EE-branded remote, and […]
On December 16th, MMA fans in the UK and Ireland will be able to watch UFC 296: Edwards vs Covington exclusively live on TNT Sports Box Office. UFC 296: Edwards vs Covington, held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas is headlined by a title fight featuring Britain’s Leon ‘Rocky’ Edwards defending his UFC welterweight […]
Sky has secured the broadcast rights to show a record number of Premier League fixtures in a new four-year deal. With up to 100 more matches each season, its exclusively live coverage will increase by 70 per cent from 2025/26. With four packages awarded, the maximum for any one broadcaster, over 80 per cent of […]
At an immersive industry Upfronts on November 30th, Sky Media, the advertising arm of Sky, revealed a number of advertising initiatives and innovations to a senior agency audience. Hosted at the ‘Frameless’ interactive gallery in Marble Arch, Sky Media Managing Director Brett Aumuller and his team shared their advertising vision and plans for 2024. Amongst […]
After much delay, troubled streaming service Viaplay has posted its Q3 results revealing that operating income for the quarter dropped by SEK -321 million (€28.1m). Further quarterly highlights included: 7 per cent Group organic sales growth with reported net sales of SEK 4,536 million 17 per cent Viaplay organic sales growth and Viaplay now represents […]
Findings from strategy and consulting firm Magid’s SubScape next generation, analytics-driven tool have revealed key insights about subscriber motivations and solutions for engagement. “The media industry is at an inflection point as savvy consumers are presented with an unending list of viewing options,” advise Brent Magid, CEO, and Kate Morgan, chief product officer and head […]
For the very first time ever, viewers who do not pay for a traditional TV service in the US will outnumber those who do.Non-pay TV viewers – the sum of cord-cutters and cord-nevers – will grow by 12.5 per cent to 144.1 million by the end of 2023, according to Insider Intelligence. Traditional pay-TV viewers […]
Struggling international streamer Viaplay has again pushed back the release of its Q3 results as it continues restructuring negotiations. The board decided to push back the publication of its Q3 2023 numbers to after close of trading on NASDAQ Stockholm on November 30th, as intense discussions continue with its largest shareholders, lenders and bondholders on […]
The total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in Hong Kong is forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.1 per cent from $5.8 billion (€5.2bn) in 2022 to $6.1 billion in 2027, mainly supported by the mobile data and fixed broadband segments, according to GlobalData, the data and analytics company. GlobalData’s […]